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12-30-2005, 12:14 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2005
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 |  Refugium Light Picks ?
Who likes what lights, temps and blubs?
I was thinking about the coralife mini pc compact for the freshwater& planted tanks which is 2-9watt 6700k PC
But the reef coralife mini is the same price and is 1-9watt 10000k & 1-9watt actinic 03
which light do you think will grow chaetomorpha better? | 
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12-30-2005, 06:29 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
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The 6700k
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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12-30-2005, 01:22 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2005 Age: 38
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HD clip on light fixture with a 75watt halogen screw in bulb-total of about $10 | |
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12-30-2005, 04:04 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pgh. Pa. Age: 50
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| Plants are not very picky.
In any case, they do not need the extra cost of a 10k or even actinics. Both of these are for human perspective only. Halogen systems are usually available in higher wattages/initial price but are not as efficient as fluorescents. So you have to amortize initial cost and operating cost because fluorescents cost more initially. 9 watt PC seems silly to me. Power compacts are for squeezing a lot of light into a small area. Generally to achieve some depth penetration. I wouldn't think this is necessary in a fuge.
I use a 25 watt incandescent on mine. Not complex, cheap and reasonable efficient. If things did not grow well I would have moved to something else and not lost much in capital investment. How much growth do you want?
Hope this helped.
Live long and prosper.  _________ Glass 90 and 110, skimmer in both 30 gal. sumps, 1150 GPH, plus a 75 gal fuge!! Yellow tang, several damsels, 2 lg flower anems, brown & rose BTA's (8" dia.) with 3 perculas, 5 ricordia, dozens shrooms, dozens of yellow, brown and green polyps, lots of snails, hermits, bugs and 3 inch worms. Mangroves, caulerpa, LR, LS, pics coming  | |
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12-30-2005, 05:29 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
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I have used "real" aquarium lighting in my sump. A 55W JBJ 10K PC and I have used th HD screw in PC bulbs 2x23W. The 10K did grow chaeto better but not alot better. | |
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12-31-2005, 02:22 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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I use the Jalli mini power compact lights. 17"-18watts and 11"-13watts. They are $20 and $15 respectively and can be bought at www.petsolutions.com . I prefer the power compacts because of low power consumption and strong light intensity. I cant remember whether the bulbs are 6700K, 8800K or 10,000K, but it does not matter, the algae will grow just fine with any of these bulbs. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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01-22-2006, 12:38 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
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The macro should grow better under the 6700k than the 10000k theoretically. | |
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01-23-2006, 11:56 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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Whatever old POS twin bulb fixture I have lying around from a past tank with the oldest "grow bad algae" bulbs I have. Algae isn't picky. My chaeto has been in there for about a month and is growing like mad. Don't spend real $ on the refug.
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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01-23-2006, 12:01 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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BTW, if you have the room, try putting the bulbs next to the refugium not over it. Assuming Acrylic you get 99+% pass through and you don't need to deal with the fixture and bulbs getting salted up. Just scrape the bad algae off the acrylic every now and then. It's sort of neat to see the chaeto growing roots and shoots towards the glass. | |
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01-23-2006, 12:05 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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I'm right there with you blade. I have a cheapie 2 bulb 24" fluorescent fixture with the ends taped up to keep out the salt. I did buy a "grow light" to see if it would help... I can't tell the difference. Like you said, "algae isn't picky." lol
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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